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In their weekly discussion of the New Cold War and Ukrainian crisis, Nation contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor focus on the astonishing appointment of former Georgian president Saakashvili as governor of turbulent Odessa; the ongoing struggle between warfare and diplomatic policies to resolve the Ukrainian crisis; the implications of the FIFA scandal for the World Cup Games in Russia in 2018; and conflicting political steps by Putin inside Russia.

Stephen F. CohenStephen F. Cohen is a professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at New York University and Princeton University and a contributing editor of The Nation.